Mean Kids

Kids can be so mean sometimes! My daughter started a new school after winter break. At first it was great! She made new friends and even got a new boyfriend (which I was not all that excited about, since she’s only 13). The new boyfriend thing didn’t last too long and since she’s the one who broke up with him, she was the one who received the backlash. She didn’t want to tell me that she was being taunted, but finally broke down and told me some of the mean things that some of these kids were saying to her. I know that kids can be mean and cruel, but some of these things are totally uncalled for and they weren’t coming from the kid she broke up with, but from his friends.


I have a child who totally loved school, thrives at school and gets good grades. Now she hates going to school. When I told my mother that my answer to the problem is to move her back to her old school, my mother’s response is that I’m teaching her to run from her problems. I don’t think that’s the case. I know that she can be happy at her old school and she can thrive there. Why make her suffer the last month of the year when she can be a good student? Even though my mother dislike’s my choice, she’s my daughter and I think I have to do what I think is best for her in this situation and that is moving her back. Next year she will be going to a new school again, to high school and may have the same problems arise, but I doubt that will be the case. I think the atmosphere here is different than it is out there. Maybe I am wrong? Only time will tell.

Weekend Update - Weeks gonna be busy

Spent an awesome weekend at the Colorado River with some of my cousins and their family. It would be nice if we could get the whole family out there (but probably very expensive too!). We just relaxed, spent the day by the river, let the kids play in the water. It was a great Saturday, finished up with BBQing back at the house. I’ll be honest, I was the first to pass out and I was out early! (I was the youngest cousin there does that still count?). Being used to getting up at the crack of dawn really plays havoc on the senses when you’re trying to party it up with the big dawgs. =) I’m used to going to bed early and getting up early. I stayed up late the night before and got up early that morning, then stayed out in the sun all day. By the time we got back to the trailer and ate, I was ready for bed! LOL and when I went and laid down, it only took seconds for me to pass out. Sorry Chris, I tried to get back up and play with the big boys and just almost fell back asleep in the chairs outside. =)

Well, my little one will be 13 in 5 days! Gosh I can’t believe time has passed by so quickly. It seems just like yesterday I was putting her hair in pig tails and buying her Bratz dolls for her birthday. Now it’s new $300 phones she wants and laptops. (I’ll be honest, I’d rather buy the Bratz doll. LOL)
Wednesday is an early release day, so I have to leave work early to get her and Hannah from school. Friday I work from home, but right after school, we leave to California for her Birthday celebration! It’s going to be a busy week! Lots to do!

Hope everyone has a great week!

~Miss
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School of Rocks..

Way to go Amie! I am so proud of you! Hitting your weight loss goals at such an amazing pace! It sucks that everything else is going so crappy. At least it’s one thing to look forward to!
In reference to the hard economic times, I hate to say it, but I feel that it’s only going to get worse in the coming days. At my daughter’s school, the teachers are being made to work so many unpaid days this year and they have also implemented 30 minute early release Wednesdays. This coming from a school that is set up for advanced students, and made it known that there would be longer school days, etc. I find it a little irritating, to say the least. To be honest, I think that instead of starting a 30 minute early release schedule, they should just add less days to the school year. In a nut shell, that’s what they are doing. If you figure it out throughout the year, I’m sure it would cover at least a few of the days that the teachers are being made to work unpaid and probably keep everyone happy in the end.
Today is the first day of school for our city. With budget cuts and other changes, school closures, and everything else hitting us financially (that the government says is getting better), I don’t see a positive change yet for our kids’ education. While I believe we do have a lot of options educationally speaking, I also believe it has been proven that most of our children in America are behind the bar so to speak when it comes to education.
What are the differences? Where does America’s education lack? Many other countries teach their students many different languages, etc. Which I think is a definite positive, but not a necessity. But when it comes to the everyday knowledge that is needed in life, are American kids lacking? Personally, I don’t have that answer. I think every kid is different and learns at different levels and speeds. Being that I don’t have much knowledge of the education systems in these other countries, I can’t really say. I wonder if these other countries have programs in place to take care of the students who need extra help, such as our ‘no child left behind’? Are the children that can’t meet the expectations ostracized? Who knows? I’m just glad that my daughter is getting the best education available to her and taking advantage of the programs she is eligible for (educationally speaking).
Let’s just hope the funding doesn’t run out and in order to send our kids to school we have to pay for it. Because I don’t know that I would be able to afford the type of education that she deserves or gets now.